Since many coin collectors spend their time outside of the hobby during the summer months, US Mint weekly sales can tend to be routine and borderline boring. That is not the case with the latest round of coin figures.

Highlights follow:

In a single week, August demand for American Eagle Gold Bullion Coins nearly doubled. 23,000 had been sold up through the 12th. By the 19th, 45,000 were purchased. For the year, the total has jumped to 801,500.

Silver Eagle Bullion Coins continue their blazing sales trail. 17,739,000 have been sold this year. Another 475,000 left US Mint doors in the last seven days alone.

Freshly minted Julia Tyler First Spouse Gold Coins reached 2,087 for the proof and 1,125 for the uncirculated. At the same time, the proof Jackson’s Liberty First Spouse Coin sold out. The latest US Mint figures show their total at 7,806.

And for the final highlights, 2009 Proof Sets are gliding along. The clad set climbed another 19,906 and is heading toward one million. The silver set rose by 17,277 with an eye toward 500,000.

As an interesting side note… last week’s sales figures had two-roll sets of Lincoln Formative Years pennies standing at 300,246. The latest US Mint report has the tally down to a straight 300,000. This could suggest that the Mint will cap rolls of the third and fourth penny designs at 300,000 as well.

Major US Mint coin sales follow:

American Eagle Bullion Coin Sales: August

Aug 5

Aug 12

Aug 19

Aug 26

Silver Eagle Coins

200,000

630,000

1,105,000

–

Gold Eagle Coins

6,500

23,000

45,000

–

The US Mint sold 17,739,500 silver and 801,500 gold American Eagle bullion coins in 2009, as of Wednesday, Aug. 19.

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The US Mint provides CoinNews.netweekly sales figures for its collector coin products. It is these reports that are used as the source for our articles on the subject. The bureau on its website also publishes updated bullion coin sales every weekday. These US Mint sales are presented in our daily gold articles.